The Argentine government ratified that will not lower the floor airfares

Setback for the “Low cost” means the government confirmed that the floor will not lower airfares

The Irish group Irelandia Aviation, among others, owner of low-cost airlines Ryanair and Viva, is considering withdrawing its intention to operate in Argentina, based in Cordoba.

The government of Argentina announced that it will lower the floor of airfares in the cabotage market, so foreign companies wishing to enter the country must comply with the minimum prices.

Spokesmen for the Ministry of Transportation leading Guillermo Dietrich said the pricing policy for the commercial aviation business is well defined and the floor price will remain unchanged. “He was not under the thumb any company. All who want to come to the country will have to compete in compliance with current standards. It is a decision not to lower the tariff floor of the business,” he said spokesman consulted.

The Irish group Irelandia Aviation, among others, owner of low-cost airlines Ryanair and Viva, is considering withdrawing its intention to operate in Argentina, based in Cordoba.

Joe Mohan, director of the Canadian airline Allegiant, a subsidiary of the group, had told him the minister Dietrich intend to reach with Viva Argentina firm, which flies in other markets with low-cost rates.

While best known signature of the holding is Ryanair, which operates in Europe, Irelandia is branching out worldwide, with two airlines in America (Allegiant in Canada and Viva Colombia) and one in Oceania (Tigerair).

Mohan had consulted Dietrich the opportunity to touch the floor rate to allow greater competition in the market, but the decision not to macrista Government was ratified today before the consultation of the agency NA.

Irelandia wants the floor air fares release because that would allow him to play with plans much lower than those of Aerolineas Argentinas, Austral, LAN Argentina and Andes, firms operating in the local cabotage prices.

While not official spokesmen say, the decision not touch the floor rate entails determining avoid State Airlines Argentina lose competitiveness while reducing its multibillion-dollar deficit.

The president of Aerolineas Argentinas, Isela Costantini, faces a bleak picture: the government will give subsidies this year for only $ 260 million and not 422 million as requested. In response, Costantini found in Dietrich’s decision not to lower the floor rate hope to what could have been a violent lunge for signing reestatizada in 2008.

Mohan, CEO Viva Latin America and former executive of the Panamanian airline Copa Airlines, now checks directory Irelandia with the intention of settling in Córdoba to offer flights at bargain prices. Forwards if the Irish company with plans to settle in Peru with the model “low cost” through the Viva brand while continuing its operations in Colombia and, in partnership with a company micros in Mexico.

President Mauricio Macri had decreed in February eliminating the maximum for flights within the country so since then companies began to freely set the price of travel fares. After this decree (294/16) were only valid reference rates economy class.

Air New Zealand to introduce 787-9 Dreamliner on Buenos Aires route

Air New Zealand is deploying the Dreamliner on its Auckland to Buenos Aires route. The airline announced it would begin flying the Boeing 787-9 to the capital city of Argentina from October 30.

The Boeing 777-200 currently operates three return services a week on the route. Air New Zealand will also step up frequency over the peak summer period, offering an additional weekly service between Auckland and Buenos Aires from December 12, 2016 to February 27, 2017.

In a statement, the airline said demand for the services had gone “from strength to strength” since launching in December 2015. Chief sales and commercial officer Cam Wallace said the new route had opened doors to Argentineans visiting New Zealand, as well as Kiwis and Australians looking to explore Buenos Aires and South America.

“Forward bookings originating from both New Zealand and Australia, and Argentina, are looking very positive and the additional peak season service will give customers more flexibility,” he said.

ATR tour to sell aircraft

Arguably it isn’t the best time to introduce a new regional aircraft, especially a propeller-driven plane designed to travel only about 300 miles, given the pilot shortage that plagues the airline industry, the widespread effort to abandon smaller aircraft and the uncertainty about the price of oil.

Still ATR, the Toulouse, France-based French/Italian aircraft manufacturer, is making its pitch at the Regional Airline Association annual convention in Charlotte, trying to convince regional carriers that the new ATR 72-600 is just what they need.

The airplane has no U.S. customers, so a sale would make a big splash, although probably not to the magnitude of Delta’s(DAL – Get Report) purchase last month of 75 Bombardier CS100 aircraft.

The ATR 72-600’s first North American tour began May 2 with stops in Toronto; Chicago; White Plains, N.Y.; Hyannis, Mass.; and Washington before the Charlotte stop on Monday. Stops in Dallas, Seattle and Cincinnati are planned.

John Moore, ATR’s head of global sales, acknowledged that regional airlines face a pilot shortage, but said the ATR 72-600 was built to serve a very specific purpose, flying short distances to small markets at a low altitude of about 24,000 feet.

Turboprops flying in the U.S. today, particularly the Dash-8, have an average age of 20 years and will soon have to be replaced. And the most common U.S. turboprop, Bombardier’s Q-400, is a heavier, more powerful but less fuel-efficient aircraft.

“We’re here to show the product, to introduce U.S. airlines to the {aircraft}, and also to get their feedback,” Moore said. “The airlines are facing a pilot shortage, but the need to replace these older aircraft is coming. We are demonstrating that we have the right product with the right economics.”

Moore resisted a comparison with the C-Series sale to Delta, which was viewed as a deal that for Bombardier was worth making at practically any price, in order to gain Delta’s seal of approval for the aircraft. While commercial jets typically sell for roughly half of their catalog price before adjustments for inflation, Reuters reported thatCanadair knocked two-thirds off the $71.8 million list price in order to enable the Delta transaction. Bombardier said it will book a $500 million “onerous contract” charge next quarter, an indication that it sold jets below cost to Delta and two other carriers.

“We’re not in a position where we have to lose money, but the U.S. market is important,” Moore said. He noted that about 600 ATR 72-600s have been sold since 2010, and the backlog is around 350 orders. Major customers include Lion Air and Azul. The list price is around $26 million. ATR spokesman David Vargas said more than 400 U.S. routes, many to small cities, have been cancelled in recent years, when perhaps they could be revived with an airplane with low operating costs.

Addison Scotland, a partner in aviation Web site Air Insight, said the aircraft costs less to operate than the Q400, but noted the Q400 has a more powerful engine and can fly faster. He said the Hyannis, Mass., stop is an indication that Cape Air, based in nearby Barnstable, is a potential customer. “I think it’s the right airplane for them,” he said.

Cape Air spokeswoman Trish Lorino, who attended the RAA Convention, said the ATR contingent brought the aircraft to Hyannis last week. “It was very exciting,” she said. “They created a lot of buzz on Cape Cod.” Lorino called the aircraft “fantastic – great.” But it is too soon to say whether Cape Air, which already operates two ATRs in Micronesia, where it operates as United Express, will purchase the new aircraft.

Airbus sold 85 aircraft in April

PARIS · The European aircraft manufacturer Airbus sold 85 aircraft in April, after the shortage of contracts signed in the first quarter, so that as of last April 30, taking into account cancellations, net orders accumulated for 92 devices.

According to the monthly summary of orders published today in April Airbus he won three major contracts, one for 37 aircraft A321ceo (a corridor) for Delta Airlines.

He also got another 20 units of its new A350-900 model for China Eastern Airlines, and the third of 20 units of two models of the A330 family (two aisles) for a client to which the company has refused to identify for now.

He also placed four units of its single-aisle devices (two A320ceo and two A320neo) Air Cote d’Ivoire to three A350-900 Avianca and a customer of Airbus has not given the name.

The president of Airbus group, Tom Enders, said last week that trusts meet its goal of receiving net orders for over 650 aircraft this year, although in the first quarter had been achieved only ten o’clock.

Bombardier Introduces CRJ Cabin Upgrade

Bombardier has begun marketing an improved cabin for the CRJ regional jet series, the company revealed on Tuesday at the Regional Airline Association convention Charlotte, North Carolina. Speaking at the convention’s first media briefing, Bombardier Commercial Aircraft vice president of marketing Patrick Baudis explained that the effort involves widening the passenger entry, new mood lighting and a new lavatory design. The exercise also slightly increased the size of the bins in the main cabin and added significantly more space in the business-class bins.

In the lavatory, Bombardier managed to add 57 percent more area, including 3 inches more head clearance. In the business class cabin, it took advantage of the two-by-one seating configuration to increase the size of the right-hand bins by some 50 percent, allowing for wheels-first stowage of standard size roller bags.

“We are also increasing slightly the size of the bins in the main cabin, but more importantly we are reworking the opening of the bins so that we can fit more easily the big bags that passengers carry more and more,” said Baudis.

The new Bombardier marketing executive also explained the process of opening the passenger entrance area with round shapes and curved lines. “You no longer have to do the zigzag pass in the galley; now it’s a wide aisle going straight into the business cabin,” he said.

Initially designed for the CRJ900, the new interior can work in any of the CRJ models, but the size of the 900 appears to lend itself to the most effective use of the various improvements. Bombardier will make the improved cabin available as a retrofit, and Baudis estimated that the company could deliver the upgrade to customer ordering it today in roughly a year.

“We believe with the fleet we have out there, of course, there’s a lot of value to implement a retrofit program and I’m sure airlines will be interested,” he concluded.

Where do the planes do not fly anymore?

That table was suspended at 10,000 meters above sea level. He flew over and between the clouds; received, perhaps, the impact of a lightning storm crossed, greeted the gentle light of endless sunsets.

That low table, its aerodynamic shape, the aluminum base, elegant Scandinavian design printed on forms of metal and wooden legs, was once part of an airplane. A sheet, small and unobtrusive, attached on one end, so testifies. “DC9LV-YOA” he says. “He was a 74 year aircraft -comenta Daniel Cardozo, the young cabinet maker of this memory is like heaven Tuition Patent plane, you can enter that information into a database where everything is. Life , the flights did, toured the territory. “

Daniel is an industrial designer. He likes obviously aircraft. And as much as it likes to discover the past of those pieces of metal to which their creativity gives new life. “This says, funny, pointing to the coffee table as if pointing the DC9 that was once the part- was in Lost parody Tinelli [*] made a while ago.”

Daniel tells me about your furniture, but also a world that until now I was perfectly unknown: the huge hangars where they end planes do not fly anymore. Cemeteries aircraft awaiting dismantling. I can not help thinking that phantasmagoria called elephant graveyard. Or the human cemeteries of boats, these moles forgotten, bent over the sand as due and final whales.

Some of it is. Daniel shows me pictures of airport Moron, one of his last forays. There are several CATA planes in a row. Intact, for an untrained eye like mine. They are obsolete aircraft; when they enter the corresponding hangar will be unarmed, turned into a succession of parts without clear identity: armchairs here, a flag there, the stairs, doors, fuselage for somewhere else. Regularly come to shed those interested in this strange and huge metal Meccano. They are usually people who turn all those pieces in cast aluminum. Daniel and his father also arrive there. “The taste for airplanes comes from him it counts. His dream was to be a pilot, but ended up devoting himself to the construction.” The young designer grew up listening technical details about the most diverse flying machines and watching how his father returned from Moron or Luján ( “there is disused aircraft Aerolineas Argentinas,” tells me) with some piece-a ladder, a remnant of fuselage It would end up incorporated into the structure of the house.

Now they are both. And choose what ‘I invite you to explore it with a gesture he piles up the back of his shop. Seats on seats, the rest of landing gear, the curved shape of the side of a wing, fragments of a baggage carousel. I play those pieces of metal that once plied the skies, which for years carried on their enormous bellies hundreds of people, round trip, from hemisphere to hemisphere. They seem so thin, suddenly.
“With these I’ll make lamps,” he says Daniel excited me, pointing to a window. Persianitas up and down the plastic that once helped to recreate the night inside an airplane, and now serve to regulate the light in a room.

It all began, remembers when he was found just over one year, I had a title, a huge taste for pure forms and Nordic design and the urgent need, as all young towards the end of their studies-start to arm a professional way. There was some way to Moron, some family talk, and all the pieces were coming together. He baptized Månen (well, with Norwegian spelling) his fledgling studio. Because that is the name the Nordic facing the moon and he wanted to give the beauty of Scandinavian design to objects that had allowed him closer look. He began working in a catalog, she opened a web page, a site on Facebook. Unknowingly began the path of the entrepreneur. In that follows.

I wonder what happens now every time I get on a plane, if you feel traveling in the middle of tables scoot, vintage lamps, aerodynamic stools. He laughs and agrees that yes, flying ceased to be what it was before. As a passenger, at least. Because in his cluttered workspace, amid incredible pieces of metal, found another way to touch the sky.

“The dance of the Whales”

Whales arrive to Puerto Madryn. Whale season starts in June in Chubut, with embarked avistajes and even a ride on the “Yellow Submarine”. Useful information and prices.

First, the rangers go to schools in Puerto Madryn (Chubut Province) and talk to the guys from 4th grade on the “Giants of Valdes”, these huge, beautiful creatures that inhabit the calm waters of Golfo Nuevo and San José between the months of June and December of each year. Then the students go hiking in the Natural Protected Area The Doradillo, 15 kilometers from the city, where they can watch whales live and live, a few meters from the beach.

It began the 13th edition of “The guys are Madryn whales” an educational-tourism program launched by the Ministry of Tourism and Sports of the Municipality of the city of Chubut, through the Department of Conservation. Thanks to this program, more than 2000 children can experience the whale coast of the southern right whale, one of the excursions that attracts more international tourists throughout Argentina.

The start of this program coincides with the first sightings of whales that occur in the area, and the season starts in June and ends well into December. In addition to viewing from the port of Puerto Madryn or on the beach of El Doradillo, they can be found very closely with sightings engaged in rubber boats or catamarans that leave from Puerto Pyramids; and even under water, on the rides offered by Yellow Submarine, a unique semi-submersible in the world, with windows to spy on giant below the waterline.

With the whale season, the city of Puerto Madryn is beginning to prepare for all families who choose to spend the winter holidays. In those days, travelers to Madryn can do all kinds of whale watching, snorkeling with sea lions cubs and visit the Punta Loma colony, walk the Chubut River valley and Welsh villages in the area, and try some of the dishes of land and sea that characterize the cuisine of Puerto Madryn.

DIRECTIONS: Andes Airlines offers regular flights between the airports of the City of Buenos Aires and Puerto Madryn, Monday through Friday. Round-trip cost from $ 3,560 (www.andesonline.com).

INCOME: The cost of entry to the Natural Protected Area Peninsula Valdes costs $ 110 for domestic and $ 260 for foreigners. In excursion from Puerto Madryn, around the peninsula it costs about $ 880, and $ 620 for children.

UNDERWATER. Navigations in the Yellow Submarine out of Puerto Pyramids and are priced at $ 1780, and $ 890 for children 4 to 12 years, between 1 July and 31 August. Then, the price is $ 2300 and $ 1150, respectively (www.yellowsubmarinearg.com).

ONBOARD: Six operators offer sightings in rubber boats or catamarans, crewed and guide, an hour and a half. In low season, the average cost of these tours is $ 890, and $ 450 for children.

Puerto Madryn. The city is located on the Northwest coast of the province of Chubut, just 100 kilometers of Peninsula Valdes, UNESCO protected natural area since 1999. It is one of the most important biological areas of the Patagonian coast, by the presence of whales free, elephants and sea lions, Magellanic penguins, dolphins, killer whales and many other species of terrestrial fauna and flora. Some tourist attractions nearby include the Bird Island, Puerto Pyramids, Punta Delgada, Caleta Valdés and Punta Norte. On the other hand, Puerto Madryn was declared Diving Capital of the Chamber of Deputies in Argentina. It also has a Ecocentro, for the interpretation of ecosystems, and the Oceanographic Museum of Natural Sciences, and the Municipal Museum of Art, among many other cultural alternatives (www.madryn.travel).

Delta Air Lines Record hours without flight cancellations

This year has started breaking records since Delta during the weekend culminated in more than 13 days without cancellations in its main fleet. He had not a cancellation.

For 318.9 hours, which ended Sunday, the global airline flew 39,801 flight operations in its main fleet without a cancellation, breaking its previous record of 279.3 hours over a day and a half. And if that was not enough to set a precedent, Delta Connection operations reached about five days without cancellations from Wednesday 27 April to Sunday afternoon.

This achievement occurred even though there were several days of delays caused by air traffic control in busy corridors northeastern and western US The teams Center Operations Control (OCC English), TechOps, Flight Ops, Onboard Services and Customer Service at Airports, among others, worked to deal with a larger number of aircraft out of service and limitations personnel available.

For example, on Wednesday, April 27, 37 planes were out of service-that something that in past years had caused several cancellations occur.

“People Delta has achieved what is singularly the greatest feat in operational excellence I have seen, breaking last year’s record of not having cancellations and provide our customers with reliability unparalleled,” said Dave Holtz, senior vice president, operations and Customer Service Delta. “And the best part is that I’m sure the team will break soon Delta this newly established record”.

So far this year, Delta takes 70 days without flight cancellations in its main fleet, compared to approximately 40 days at the same time last year. The combined operation of the main and Delta Connection fleet takes 18 days of what we call “perfect record” in the first four months of the year, compared to zero days to date last year.

Having an operation without cancellations between the main fleet and Delta Connection is a recent achievement of Delta and its partners have worked collectively to improve operations under the Delta brand. On June 29 last year, Delta and six of these regional airlines were able for the first time that feat.

“The team of Delta and our partner airlines have not stopped after achieving a combined day flights without cancellations,” Holtz said. “Our people continued hitting home runs and doing what any other airline had managed before.”

Air France-KLM transported 27,6M pax

Air France-KLM carried 27.6 million passengers through April, up 4.9%. Its low-cost subsidiary Transavia off 19% and slashing 3 million travelers.

The Air France-KLM group, which includes Air France, KLM, HOP! and Transavia, transported 27.65 million passengers through April, up 4.9%, with a capacity exceeding 1.4% and 3.5% more traffic and an occupancy rate of 84.9%, 1 7 percentage points over the same period of 2015, according to the air group.

The Dubai Airshow 2019 will build on the overwhelming success of the last event which drew
79,380 trade visitors from around the world, 1,200 exhibitors from 63 countries, 1,603 international
and regional media and an order book in excess of US$ 113.8 billion.

IBAS 2019 / INTERNATIONAL BRAZIL AIR SHOW

The first Brazilian event focused on the international aerospace industry and airport infrastructure, IBAS – International Brazil Air Show will bring together leaders of the global air segment to discuss the development of the sector in Latin America.

The 2nd Edition of IBAS International Brazil Air Show will be held on September 11th, 12th and 13th, 2019, at the GRU Airport – São Paulo International Airport. The first Brazilian event focused on the international aerospace industry and airport infrastructure, IBAS will bring together leaders of the global air segment to discuss the development of the sector in Latin America.

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MAKS 2019

MAKS 2019 will take place between August 27-September 1, 2019 in Zhukovsky

MAKS (International Aviation and Space Exhibition) is an international air show organization that takes place at Zhukovsky International Airport, home of the Gromov Flight Research Institute in Zhukovsky, located 40 km (25 miles) southeast of Moscow, Russian Federation. The event is organized by the Government of Moscow and Aviasalon. The first show, Mosaeroshow-92, was held in 1992. Since 1993, the air show was renamed MAKS and is held every two years in odd years.

MAKS is an important event for the Russian aviation industry and the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS). Although it started primarily as an entertainment event, the program soon became a market in which Russian aerospace companies could negotiate export contracts and Russian airlines could establish foreign contacts.

The main business of the Aviasalon JSC organizer is the preparation and management of international aviation and space halls (MAKS), exhibitions, round tables, conferences and other scientific and technical, commercial and cultural events, both in Russia and abroad.

Paris Air Show 2019

The 53rd Paris Air Show will meet between June 17-23, 2019

The International Exhibition of Aeronautics and Space 53rd Paris Air Show is organized by SIAE, a subsidiary of the Group of French Aeronautics and Space Industries (GIFAS). The 53rd edition of the fair will take place at the Le Bourget exhibition center from 17-23 June 2019 and all the players in the global industry will meet again to discuss the latest technological innovations. The first 4 days of the show will be reserved for professionals and 3 days for the general public.